de-iodination

1. 1.

   the removal of iodine atoms from organic compounds

   Broaderchemical process

Questions about de-iodination

What does de-iodination mean?

de-iodination means "the removal of iodine atoms from organic compounds".

How many syllables are in de-iodination?

de-iodination has 6 syllables and divides as de--i-o-di-na-tion under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is de-iodination a common word?

de-iodination is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.